Asking 'dumb' questions is good

January 09, 2024

“What’s initially easier tends to eventually be more difficult. Similarly, whats initially more difficult may end up being relatively easier longer term.”

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News stories: OpenAI, Carbon Capture
Resources: Social trends, marketing book, VC firm
Curated AI Generated Idea: sleep tracking
Article: asking ‘dumb’ questions is good
Meme
Poll follow up

News stories

1) OpenAI Releases Article Regarding NYT Lawsuit (OpenAI)

They state “92% of Fortune 500 companies are building on OpenAI products today”. More relevant to the suit, they say, “training is fair use”. OpenAI allows news publishers to opt out of training, which the NYT did in August 2023, according to the article. At the end, they cite a 1958 NYT article where they reported on the first neural network.

2) This startup is removing carbon from the air (CNBC)

Claimed to be a more cost effective carbon capture method, in part by “producing” rather than “consuming water”. Carbon capture is intended to reduce atmospheric CO2 levels to limit climate change. According to the CNBC article, total funding is at $35M.

Resources

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Curated AI Generated Idea

Personalized Sleep Tracking with Wearable Technology

“A common frustration for many people today is the lack of accurate and personalized sleep tracking. While there are wearable devices available that track sleep patterns, they often provide generic data without deep insights or personalized recommendations. A compelling and viable startup business idea could be to develop a wearable device that utilizes machine learning algorithms to accurately track and analyze sleep patterns. The device could collect various data points such as heart rate, body temperature, and movement, and use machine learning to provide personalized sleep recommendations and insights. This could help individuals improve their sleep quality and overall health.” -Stratup.ai

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Article: Asking ‘dumb’ questions is good (link)

Startup meme from the archives #53
— Dagobert Renouf (@dagorenouf)
4:10 PM • Feb 5, 2023

Follow up

The results of the last posts poll is in (regarding what company we should do a deep dive on):

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A) Adept (10)

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ B) Altos (2)

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ C) Runway (2)

The other poll you might remember involved the idea for a bias addressing AI wearable, the results being split down the middle.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Good idea (3)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bad Idea (3)

Now that it has been some days since first hearing about it, it would be interesting to see if you vote any differently (the original post).

Good idea or bad idea?

Would you use something like this if it worked? If not always, during short periods?